Manchester United No2 Ryan Giggs admits he has a soft spot for Cardiff City.

But he says there was never a real prospect of playing for the Bluebirds.

“Cardiff is the place where I was born, it was where I grew up. It will always have a special place in my heart," Giggs told Wales Online.

“My family still lives there and I come back quite often, maybe six or seven times a year, but when it comes to football because back then Cardiff were really always in the lower divisions it was not possible.

“Towards the end they got up there and I was fortunate enough to play against them in the Premier League which honestly I thought was never going to happen, but the idea of playing for them, no, I was always happy at United and that was coaching-wise and management-wise too. At the moment that's where I am and it's a case of just trying to learn my trade. Where that takes me in the future, well, in football you never know that.

“I did see things saying near the end I would play for Cardiff, but as for that, I was at United, I'm at United now and that obviously was my main focus and remains my main focus."